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What is Behavioral Finance and the assumptions that underlie the theory?
What is the Efficient Market Hypothesis? What are the assumptions that underlie the hypothesis?
Use the constant-growth model (Gordon growth model) to find the value of each firm shown in the following table.
What is the project's cost of equity? What is the appropriate discount factor to use for evaluating the refrigerator project?
Demonstrate to your colleagues how you would calculate the expected rate of return also called r-hat, and Beta on a self-designed portfolio of four common stocks selected from the NASDAQ or NYSE sto
Explain why the credit crisis caused a lack of liquidity in the secondary markets for many types of debt securities, and explain how such a lack of liquidity would affect the prices of the debt secu
What is the function of a mutual fund, why are mutual funds popular among investors, and how does a money market mutual fund differ from a stock or bond mutual fund?
During 2003, a sculpture was sold at auction for a price of $10,305,500. Unfortunately for the previous owner, he had purchased it in 1999 at a price of $12,369,500. What was his annual rate of retu
Valerian Corp. convertible preferred stock has a fixed conversion ratio of 5 common shares per 1 share of preferred stock. The preferred stock pays a dividend of $10.00 per share per year.
Aspin Corporation's charter authorizes issuance of 2,000,000 shares of common stock. Currently, 1,400,000 shares are outstanding, and 100,000 shares are being held as treasury stock.
Cartco needs to borrow $5 million for an upgrade to its headquarters and manufacturing facility. Management has decided to borrow using a five-year term loan from its existing commercial bank.
The current prime rate is 6.75 percent, the 30-year Treasury bond yield is 4.35 percent, the three-month Treasury bill yield is 3.54 percent, and the 10-year Treasury note yield is 4.22 percent. Wha
The company received $27 of the $33 per share offering price. The firm's legal fees, SEC registration fees, and other out-of-pocket costs were $450,000. The firm's stock price increased 17 percent o
Analyze the circumstances where the addition of an option increases the risk of an exciting portfolio and under what circumstances it will decrease portfolio risk. Provide a specific example of each
What are the risks inherent in deciding to build a new facility? How would each of the risks affect the decision to build the facility?
Which of the following is NOT a relevant factor when determining incremental cash flows for a new product?
The company's beta is 0.8, the market risk premium is 6%, and the risk-free rate is 9%. The previous dividend was $2 (D0 = $2) and dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate. What is the stoc
Time Warner shares have a market capitalization of $55 billion. The company just paid a dividend of $0.35 per share and each share trades for $35
The expected risk-free rate (Treasury bills) is 6 percent and the market risk premium is 8.8 percent. Determine the beta and the expected return on the proposed portfolio.
Get financial analysis for the Google company. Value the firm using a dividend valuation model, an earnings valuation model, and the P/E ratio. Forecast earnings per share for the next two years.
In addition to research industry norms for the profitability, asset-utilization, liquidity, debt-utilization, and price ratios, and analyze your selected firm's performance against the industry.
Becky graduated with a master degree in Personal Financial Planning. After working two years in a small financial planning firm, Becky earns $60,000 annually and saves $10,000 a year. What is her av
What amount of new common stock must be sold if the existing capital structure is to be maintained? Calculate the weighted marginal cost of capital at an investment level of $12 million.
What is the process you will follow to build the forecast? What are the most important elements of the forecast (after its accuracy)?
The McKeegan Corporation issued a bond with a face value of $20,000 and a maturity of 20 years. The bond makes no payments for the first six years, then pays $1,100 every six months over the subsequ